P and G Furnitureland Opens at New East Washington Site
Mayor Edward Zarger officially opened P and G Furnitureland at its new East Washington Street location in the former Salvation Army building. Attending were Gordon Nordlund owner Lyle Hotchkiss and Richard Brostrom of the Chamber of Commerce Mrs Richard Nordlund and Richard Nordlund store manager. Journal Photo by McMichael.
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P and G Furnitureland
East Washington Street
Salvation Army
Zarger
Gordon Nordlund
Lyle Hotchkiss
Richard Brostrom
Chamber of Commerce
Richard Nordlund
McMichael
Indians Plan To Sue Police For Brutality
Four American Indians acquitted after a film crew shot a scene outside a center city hotel plan to sue the Philadelphia police, alleging brutality. The men, John Benedict, Maynard Gabriel, Marvin Course, and Raymond Moses, were watching a film crew when a scuffle led to Leroy Shenandoah’s death, with the officers accused of kicking him. Their attorney said a federal suit would be filed, while Shenandoah’s mother already filed a federal suit over the slaying.
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Philadelphia
Leroy Shenandoah
Jack Levine
Shenandoah
Federal District Court
John Benedict
Cornwell Island
Ontario
Canada
Maynard Gabriel
Marvin Course
Raymond Moses
Orondage
Syracuse
Hollywood
South Africa Officials Attend Multiracial Parties for First Time
Pretoria officials including Brand Fourie and undersecretaries joined multiracial U S and British celebrations, marking a rare relaxation of apartheid era rules. The move, not officially acknowledged, followed years of strict racial separation in diplomatic social events.
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South Africa
Pretoria
Brand Fourie
Foreign Ministry
U.S
John Hurd
Hilgard Muller
Nationalist
Hendrik J. Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Parliament
Muller
East Branch News Highlights From Community Happenings
Mrs Olga Pitt dies unexpectedly at home. burial in Spring Creek Cemetery. East Branch Home Missions Society held July meeting at Mrs Olive Tubbs. August plans tentatively set for Mrs Floyd Britton in Garland. Helen Hoyt visits Hazel Fralick and Frank Dorrance for Sunday dinner. Fralick mentions killing a rooster for the occasion. George Holton builds a new home near Greenhurst. seven weeks of work completed. Bruce Bailey visits Mildred Bailey in Garland. Bailey family attends Corry High School game between Assemblies of God and Lutherans, Lutherans win. Five-day Vacation Bible School at Dobbs Corner Church Aug 6-10. theme Wordless Book. handcrafts for all ages. call for donations of household castoffs. Corner Clowns group forms for Spartansburg Fair parade, ages 2-16. sign up via Mrs Bruce Bailey. Family attends Katherine Ann Hanz and Stanley Kenger wedding in Lower Burrell. Elizabeth Caperelli and family visit. trip includes Mahaffey Camp and a deer-accident sighting on Route 36.
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Marlin Klingensmith
Kenneth Pitt
Olga
Mildred Bailey
Garland
Baileys
Corry High School
Assembly of God
Dobbs Corner
Frank Robbins
Dobbs Corners
Spartansburg
Corner Clowns
Bruce Bailey
Lower Burrell
Katherine Ann Hanz
Stanley Kenger
Elizabeth Caperelli
New Jersey
John
Andrew
Pennsylvania
Neal Mahaffey
Elizabeth
Cobbs Corners
Roseann
Mahaffey Camp
Mahaffey
Tionesta
Kathy Bigley
Titusville
Kathy
Two Surprises As PUC Opens Erie Hearings
The Erie hearing into General Telephone Co of Pennsylvania rate increases began with a last minute site switch causing confusion. Protestors and city officials were absent while residential rates would rise 2.10 to 3.15 and commercial charges 5.85 to 8.10.
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Erie, Pa
State Public Utility Commission
General Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
Erie County
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